Tameka paused in shock.
Judson walked down with a gloomy face. There were bruises around his eyes and chin. His mouth was a bit swollen too.
He was no better than Darrin, who had an ice bag on his face.
Tameka was angrier.
She frowned. “Look at you! It’s stupid to fight. You even lost! Shame on you! Why did he keep you alive?” Darrin was speechless.
He didn’t know what Tameka was talking about.
Judson walked to her but looked at Darrin. “Get lost.” Darrin’s face turned cold.
The atmosphere became intense in the living room.
Tameka suddenly felt relieved, which eased the tension.
“Good.” She patted her chest and looked at Rose with a smile as Rose walked downstairs slowly. “Rose is safe and sound. Good…”
Seeing Lillian’s face, Tameka was startled. She thought Rose got beaten up too.
But Rose looked calm and neat. Tameka knew that she was fine.
Lillian was annoyed at once.
“Mrs. Roach.” She cried with red eyes. Her cheek was swollen. “You said it was wrong to fight and you would ask her to make an apology…”
“I mean Judson and Darrin.” Tameka was gentle. “You are just girls in a small conflict. It was not a fight.
“And you could hit back!” Before Lillian defended herself, Tameka said.
“You lost because you were too weak. Lillian, you know what, sometimes, you need to be tough. You can get nothing if you stay weak. It’s not a time for weak women. Understand?” Lillian was speechless.
She didn’t know which side Tameka had taken.
Last time, Tameka praised Lillian as a gentle and elegant woman and complained that girls were crazy nowadays.
That was a double standard! “Tameka.”
Rose walked over, and Tameka took her hand with a smile. “Rose, I got the news and came over. I’m relieved to see you here.”
Rose looked at her familiar and kind face.
It was hard, but she had to tell Tameka about her decision.
“Tameka, I came to return things to Judson. I will leave now.”
Rose moved here at the age of 10. Tameka treated her as her daughter. Rose knew that the best way to pay Tameka back was to accept all her kindness.
But Rose had no choice but to disappoint her.
“I…broke up with Judson.”
She broke up with Judson.
She didn’t say that it was an option from Judson.
It was her last dignity as well as her last kindness to Judson.
In the living room, it was very quiet.
People’s faces changed.
Lillian’s eyes lit up. She looked down, pondering.
Tameka was shocked.
But Judson’s face turned dark.
What did he say to Rose just now?
He asked her to watch her mouth.
But Rose caused trouble at once.
How could she enjoy being under the spotlight so much?
Tameka was so nice to her, but she used Tameka and made Tameka anxious.
What an ungrateful woman!
Tameka recovered from the shock seconds later. “Rose, I know Judson isn’t caring enough. We spoiled him. I will teach him to be a good man. Don’t be mad at him, OK?”
“Don’t worry.” Lillian worried that Rose would agree, so she hurriedly said, “Even if Ms. Edwards can’t be with Judson, she still has Mr.
Carroll. Today, Mr. Carroll did a lot for her…”
“Ms. Stewart, I had conflicts with Judson.” Apparently, Lillian had ulterior intentions. Darrin couldn’t help saying, “But it is not about Rose.”
“Is that so?” Lillian pretended to be shocked and covered her mouth, smiling, “You fought hard. I thought you were jealous because of her…”
Darrin felt it was ridiculous. “Ms. Stewart…”
Did Lillian think other people were idiots who didn’t know her intentions?
“Come on. It’s common.” Tameka waved her hand suddenly with a smile. “It is common that men fight for a pretty girl. Rose is kind and upright. She is also pretty. It’s reasonable that men fight for her.”
Lillian twitched her mouth.
Was Tameka blind? Judson and Darrin had a big fight. But she still praised Rose.
Lillian felt that Rose’s parents deserved the miserable death.
Mad, she mocked, “Yeah. Luckily, she is pretty. Other women would have been taken as a vixen.”
“Ms. Stewart, Rose broke up with Judson.”
Darrin didn’t want her to slander Rose. “I recorded how you admitted your relationship with Judson. Do you want to listen to the recording?”
Lillian was shocked. She kept her eyes wide open, looking at Judson pitifully.
“Judson knows that I wanted to cheer my sick grandfather up by doing
so… I didn’t even mention his name. Nor did I say we were in love. These reporters were crazy and lied to me to attract people’s attention…”
Then she looked at Rose resentfully.
She felt that Rose was a scheming woman who took her place because the Roach family owed to her late parents.
They broke up, but Rose hadn’t given up yet.
“Your sick grandfather? Why didn’t I know about it?” Tameka was shocked.
“That makes sense. He has been treated abroad. He got sick suddenly and almost died.”
Lillian looked at Judson with gratitude. “Luckily, Judson helped us find Dr. Dylan to treat my grandfather and save him.”
A bang sounded.
Rose’s glass dropped. The water scattered.
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